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Seven Things to Do This Week .................5 Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte, the Black Lips, New Year’s and more
Blake Pontchartrain ......................................15 The New orleans know-it-all Commentary .....................................................16 after Newtown Gus Kattengell .................................................19 The year the saints would like to forget Sugar Bowl ........................................................34 The history of New orleans’ most famous college bowl game
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50 Top Newsmakers of 2012 ....................20 Politicos, musicians, athletes, attorneys ... plus “Public official a” and a teabagger
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The Year in Politics ..........................................7 Clancy DuBos on the year’s biggest political stories Bouquets + Brickbats .....................................7 Heroes and zeroes C’est What? ..........................................................7 Gambit’s Web poll Scuttlebutt ......................................................... 11 News briefs and politics 2012 Updates ....................................................12 updates on some stories we brought you during the last year
What’s In Store................................................37 Delta sod
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Review ..................................................................39 Brigtsen’s Fork + Center ....................................................39 all the news that’s fit to eat 5 in Five ..............................................................41 five spots for oysters and Champagne 3-Course Interview ......................................41 Jason King of frencheeze food Truck
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Mind + Body + Spirit ....................................64 Pets ......................................................................64 Legal Notices....................................................64 Employment + Job Guru .............................66 Real Estate ........................................................67 Services .............................................................68 Market Place .....................................................71
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A + E News .........................................................49 YEar IN rEVIEW: alex Woodward on the year in music ............................................................. Music .....................................................................51 PrEVIEW: Dr. John Film ........................................................................54 YEar IN rEVIEW: Ken Korman Art ...........................................................................56 YEar IN rEVIEW: D. Eric Bookhardt Stage .....................................................................58 YEar IN rEVIEW: Will Coviello Events ...................................................................61 Crossword + Sudoku ...................................70
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